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Three and a half years in the making, the efforts of writing and recording "There Is No Enemy" led Built to Spill founder Doug Martsch to wonder whether this would be the last album he ever makes. Song lyrics were labored over then thrown in the trash, guitar parts revised again (and again). A musician and artist like Doug edits far more than he keeps.For over twenty years, Doug Martsch has been writing and recording music. Built to Spill members Brett Nelson (bass), Scott Plouf (drums) Jim Roth (guitar), and Brett Netson (guitar) have all been musicians for two decades. That adds up to more than a century. Doug’s strong aesthetic combines with the band members’ mix of approaches to create an aural topography. Doug sets course and navigates. Each member of Built to Spill comes to the music with a different set of expectations and ideals.
With the complexity and variety of music they have created, Built to Spill endeavors to make songs interesting to themselves and their audience. They hope that the band will remain special and that people will discover the music for themselves. Year after year, new fans show up. Just like the band members, listeners come to the music with expectations and ideals. They make up their own ideas about the songs.
Like many indie bands Fauxbois began as a bedroom folk project. In 2000 chief songwriter Brian Mayer was living in Brooklyn, NY and writing songs in a shotgun apartment. He’d venture out occasionally to perform on a street corner or at a club under his moniker, Mayerforceone. When he returned to his native Boise, ID in 2001, Brian started playing Mayerforceone shows, both solo and with various line-ups. With the songs piling up he began recording in 2007 with Portland musicians Point Juncture WA. They helped engineer and back Brian on many tracks and as the recording progressed the need for locally-based live band became evident. He recruited Caleb and Tori McKim, Scott and Kate Seward, Shaun King and Trevor Kamplaign and the band morphed into Fauxbois in 2009 after appearing on the Boise’s Rotating Tongues 2 compilation alongside locals like veteran Doug Martsch (Built to Spill) and NW buzz band Finn Riggins. With a solid line-up and some stage-tested tunes, Fauxbois put the finishing touches on the album that Brian had already begun. They completed “Carry On” with the help of Boise Producer, Tristan Andreas of Fort Hazel production house, last fall and are ready to take it on the road this spring. This record also includes guest appearances from other Boise musicians and non-musicians, providing an array of background vocals and sounds. The 13 songs on Fauxbois’s debut range from intimate acoustic tracks that recall the bands’ bedroom beginnings to big, buoyant indie pop songs like the anthemic title track. The song, “Teleportation”, a duet with Brian and guest Lisa Simpson (Finn Riggins), is a high point on an album packed full of transcendent pop moments. "If you need that sound, then turn me on."
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